Parents

TEAMSNAP is an app where you as parents can see everything. This includes schedules, communication, and tracking payments. Please make sure both you and your player have access. Players need to accept the invite before being able to add parents.

If you need access please email eugene.thompson@ocps.net

Important Links

Parents, we cover these with the kids but we all know sometimes that info does not make it home to you. 

• FAFSA: FAFSA website

• NCAA Eligibility Center: https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/

  • For all those who believe their child will play at the next level, please fill out the FREE NCAA eligibility center paperwork. The account is free to set up. Once they start receiving committable offers, you'll want to pay the required fee so the counselor can share official transcripts with the prospective schools and NCAA can verify eligibility. The website also has good information on core GPA and classes to take.

• NCAA CORE GPA

  • Please download our Core GPA Calculator to Calculate your own Child's Core GPA! The Goal is 3.2 or Higher. AD wants me to Share this! I have not used it but will try it out soon! 

• CommunityService: https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org/SAPBFMAIN/SAPBFMAIN

  • Bright Futures requires 100 community service hours to qualify for their scholarship program. We want to provide as many opportunities for our student-athletes to earn scholarships. If student-athletes maintain a 3.0 unweighted GPA and earn 100 Community Service Hours then they will be on track to earn a scholarship depending their test scores. 

This is a free resource for Core Course GPA.
Our AD purchased it for the school. Please use this link to register.

Please help us in reinforcing our team rules! Buy in is crucial to our success as a team!

Players are expected to wear proper shoes at school. If shoes are needed please reach out to Coach Thompson. Wearing slides, crocs or sandals will result in punishment and parents will be notified. 

Why Shoes? First impressions are everything. College coaches come to campus everyday at different times of the day. Coach Thompson tells the kids, "You only get 1 shot at a first impression." 

Second, school is a learning environment. We want our kids to separate themselves from the rest of the student body. Wearing shoes and proper dress is one way for our kids to stand out positively.

Third, as a student athlete protecting your feet and having proper foot support is crucial. Talk to any podiatrist and they recommend shoes.

Team issued Pride Pack is required at team workouts. This is for 6th/7th period classes and anything after school. The purpose is to emphasize team over individual. Every player was issued 2 shirts and 2 shorts. We do laundry every day so the kids do not have to take anything home. The reason we went to this 2 years ago is because after Coach Thompson spoke with numerous college coaches and asked them what is one thing they see incoming freshman struggle with the most, the majority responded with structure/discipline and following team rules.

Every college requires kids to wear the same thing down to their socks. Most freshman struggle with this and it prevents them from getting on the field or getting an opportunity. We made the shift 2 seasons ago and you see the results that we had both on Varsity and Sub-Varsity. If your student has lost their shirt or shorts they can purchase additional at cost. ($20 for each, this is what we pay BSN). 

Riddell Tru-Fit / Axiom Helmet Fitting as well as Custom Shoulder Pads

If Anyone interested in getting their head scanned for the Riddell TruFit / Axiom Helmet or Scanned for custom Shoulder pads
please fill this out
Cost of the helmet is $400
Cost of Shoulder Pads is $850 

If purchasing the helmet it is custom made for your child and would be their helmet for the duration of their HS career here at West Orange. If your child were to quit or transfer schools the helmet remains property of West Orange High School. The Shoulder pads would be yours outright. 
 

Riddell Tru-Fit™ is a personalized helmet fitting system that builds an interior liner customized to an athlete's unique head shape. Unlike traditional helmets that rely on air bladders or generic sizing foams, Tru-Fit uses a data-driven 3D scan to configure custom-contoured padding for superior comfort and impact protection.

A tru-Fit is a speeedflex shell with axiom innards, riddell dtx1 shoulder pads

Monday 

No morning practice / No slides

Workout (5th, 6th, 7th )

2:30- 2:50 Punt / Punt Ret

2:30- 2:50 offensive players not on punt / punt ret - Treatment with Laws

2:30- 2:50 JV in locker rooms

JV on the field at 2:50pm

2:55-3:15 everyone else treatment Laws

Varsity on the field 3:20

Varsity Practice 3:20-5:20pm (AJ has to Leave at 4:45pm)

5:35 - 6:10pm Oline film in Wilburn Room

5:35 - 6:10pm Offense skill film with Mathis (Weight room)

5:35 - 6:10pm Defensive film in Katz Room

Varsity Pick up 6:15pm

JV practice 2:50-5pm 

JV pick up 5:15

Tuesday

No morning practice / No slides

Workout (5th or 6th )

7th period weights in film Katz / Clancy , Kicker - coach Noll 

2:30- 2:50 (Ko / KOR) weight room 

2:30-2:50 oline / dline treatment

2:30-2:50 JV Locker rooms 

2:50 JV on the field 

2:50-3:10  everyone else treatment 

3:20 varsity on the field 

Varsity Practice 3:20-5:20

Varsity Pick up 5:40pm

JV practice 2:50-5pm

JV pick up 5:15pm

Wednesday  

No morning practice / No slides

School 7:20-1:10

5th / 6th period - study hall in weight room

7th period - lift

Everybody Study hall RM 527 1:30pm - 2PM

Varsity film 2:00-2:15 FG / FG Block Film

Varsity Treatment 2:00-2:20pm NOT ON FG ./Block

Varsity Treatment 2:20-2:40 everyone else

JV team meal 2:00pm

Varsity Practice 2:45-4:30PM

Thursday

No morning practice / No slides

School 7:20-2:20

5th / 6th period Film

7th - run through practice 1:50pm-3:50pm

6qtr after school join run through practice 

3:50pm walk down to meal 

4:10-5:00 eat together / bleed sessions

5:15 pick up

Friday

No slides

School 7:20-2:20

Game day away schedule

Need JV volunteers for the game.

Saturday - OFF

Rental 6-10pm Concessions option

Sunday - OFF